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Boeing to Bounce Back From Battery Bummer

Sterne, Agee doesn't see any major design changes to the 787.

January 17, 2013

Boeing (BA: NYSE) By Sterne, Agee & Leach ($74.34, Jan. 17, 2013)

While lithium-ion batteries are used in the Airbus A380 and have been incident-free, the recent string of battery-related issues on the Boeing 787 fleet has caused the Federal Aviation Administration to take a precautionary measure to ground the fleet.

While not unprecedented by the FAA, the grounding of the 787 fleet directly relates to concerns of the two...